Edmund Drummond (Royal Navy officer) explained

Edmund Drummond
Birth Date:4 August 1841
Allegiance: United Kingdom
Serviceyears:1855–1904
Rank:Admiral
Branch: Royal Navy
Commands:HMS Tenedos
East Indies Station

Admiral Edmund Charles Drummond (4 August 1841 – 6 May 1911) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station.

Naval career

Born the son of Edmund Drummond, a career civil servant in British India,[1] Drummond joined the Royal Navy in 1855.[2] In 1867 he served as Flag Lieutenant to Admiral Sir Hastings Yelverton. Promoted to captain in 1877, he took command of HMS Tenedos in 1884.[2] Then, promoted to rear admiral on 26 March 1892, he was made Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station in 1895, serving until March 1898.[2] He was promoted to vice admiral on 21 December 1898, to full admiral on 1 October 1903, and retired at his own request on 26 November 1904.

He lived at Halesworth in Suffolk.[3]

Family

In 1872 he married Dora Naylor; they had one son and one daughter.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://thepeerage.com/p3061.htm#i30608 Sir Edmund Drummond
  2. http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=1520 William Loney RN
  3. Web site: Turtle Bunbury . 25 September 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100913185111/http://www.turtlebunbury.com/history/history_heroes/hist_hero_2ndbaronrathd.htm . 13 September 2010 . dead .
  4. http://thepeerage.com/p5718.htm The Peerage.com